The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1929, Page 8

wre eee ay SPE Fs Ee PUB ee Be ee \, “a ‘Paul Cook May NORTH DAKOTA GOLF ECHANP ASKS PERMIT ; > TO ENTER TOURNEY “May Be Allowed to Substitute for Rudy Juran, With- . ii | drawn Minnesotan Called ‘Most Proficient in State’ 4 i by Birdzell at Testimo- o nial Dinner id ey bg (By J. G. MacGREGOR) If dreams come true, Paul Cook, * Bismarck's champion of North Da- 4 kota amateur golf, will make his first hegira to the mecca of all fe American golfers—the national open » ‘amateur golf tournament at Pebble Beach, Calif., in September. : Today he anxiously awaits the * verdict of officials of the U.S. Am- uteur Golf association on h * * as a late entrant in the national J tourney for the lists closed July 23 and he will be permitted to compete only if an entrant has been rejected or withdrawn, ea As admirers and friends of Paul * gathered about a banquet table in the Bismarck Country club house Saturday night to pay homage to the » former caddy who had won the high ~ est links honors in North Dakota, > it became known that the 19 old youngster would be “ti pink” to represent, Bismarck at. Pebble Be: M q jay Replace Juran 3 Max W. Ricker, Fargo, president. of the North Dakota Golf association, had opened negotiations with the na- | tional officieis in New York Satur. day. Ricker was told the condition: under which Cook might enter, that ( he might be allowed to replace Rudy Juran, Minneapolis southpaw cham- pion, who had withdrawn Whether or not Paul's dream comes: true will be known in a fow day: Martin Hagen, club member han dling arrangements, said this morn- ing. Nothing had been heard from New York at that time. | “The most proficient golfer that North Dakota has ever seen,” was the opening tribute paid to Paul Cook | -by L. E. Birdzell, golfing justice of the state supreme court, in a lauda- tory address at the banquet where 50 | of Cook's fellow club members gath- | ered. | Preserves Outdoor Life 1 Justice Birdzell pointed out that golf was a game that was preserving | outdoor life for the American people. “We must safeguard, conserve and develop our outdoor life,” he said. “Golf is the game of the common man,” said the justice as he traced its origin from a Dutch game of five centuries ago through its develop- | ment in Scotiand and its populariz- ing in the British Isles and the United States. | “Paul has learned to play the game | ef life on the course here. His cham- | pionship came. thoroughly earned and deserved. His honors were well | won,” said the justice. Cook Presented Bag As a token of esteem and admir- j ation, the members of the club pre- | sented Cook with a traveling bag “which has a compartment for the cup you will bring home when you win the national championship.” “I am glad I won the championship | for Bismarck,” said Paul in a brief | reply to Birdzell's tribute and the gift , » BISMARCK STAR IS HONORED tatus | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, Compete With Bobby Jones in National Meet - CRACK OF A’S PIT \ Comet to Utmost in Cup Matches HAS POKER-FACE SLIPPED? National Titlo at Stake as De- bate Rages Over English Girl's Rush New York, Aug. 12.—?)—Helen Wills, herself for six years the “girl |wonder” of women’s tennis, now at |24 faces the challenge of a more youthful rival, for the first time since she became queen of the courts. Two years ago at Forest Hills Betty Nuthali, then 16, revealed a flash of youthful ability in the final of the ‘American championships against Miss Wills. Afterward the champion pre- dicted a “bright future” for her Eng- lish opponent. Next week the Ameri- can girl will defend her national championship, with Miss Nuthall the | outstanding contender as a result of jthe unexpectedly close match they waged in the deciding Wightman cup contest Saturday. The extent to which Miss Wills, lafter three straight years of invinci- bility, was pushed to beat back 18- year-old Betty by scores of 8-6, 8-6, ‘has altered the prospect of the cham- | pion singles tournament. Miss Nuthall came so near to clos- | ing the gap that has for so long sep-| arated the game of the American | from that. of any rival that, given an- other opportunity, her impetuous rush j may achieve the seemingly impossib! —vietory. In the aftermath Betty has so far improved as to li | her game as close to the champion’s | level as the scores indicated. AMERICAN LEAGUE Wells, Sherid and Dickey; Hudii and L. Sewell. which he had received. “I have en-| R H joyed playing with you. I have delphia oe ee} watched your mistakes and profited | Puiladelph ee by them. I hope I can win the cup | “three times.” Fred Copelin, president of the club, presided at the banquet, arrange- ments for which were made by Ever- ett E. LaFrance, secretary. Other members who paid their) compliments to Cook were: J. C. Taylor, president of the Association of Commerce, Henry Duemeland, A. ‘W. Mundy, S. A. Olsness and Martin Hagen. First to Compete If Cook goes to the national open, he will be th» first North Dakota amateur ever to compete in a major national tourney. ‘Who knows but what Paul will face Bobby Jones, the present champion, hams ee Jesse Sweetser, Gene Sarazen, Ls Chicago : 20 a2 waa other immortals of the amateur world? Aone ee e, e New York . . 48 California Boys Sie 3 ornia y: Brooklyn oe 60, e Cincinnats 61 Favored in Meet |32%::.,, 8 Philadelphia 63304 _ National Junior Championship Games Meserdar. ney Opens at Cul- Cincinnati een Pa) Deyiney: Op New York 10 1 ver Courts Culver, Ind. Au With five California stars ranked as favorites, one of the best fields = in the history of the event today was to begin ae suesie for netsanel ‘junior and boys’ championships on ibe Culver mil academ; Burke. Thomas and Tate; holder and Ferrell. Games Saturday Boston 10; Chicago 7. Philadelphia 6; Detroit 5. New York 4; Cleveland 2. Washington 4; St. Louis 2. NATIONAL LEAGUE bell and O'Farrell. \y courts. » ‘Headed by Keith Gledhill of Santa Barbara, the California contingent brought with it a brilliant. record for ons season. Gledhill, who ' «year was runnerup to Frank Shields ef New York for the junior title, glready has won the western singles ind with Ellsworth Vines of U. 8. intersec- over Shields and Emmet Pare, na- tional clay court titleholder, and day Cohn of Santa Monica, a 14 star, holds tle western ‘New York boys’ cham- MeArthur or San i F ii i fi #57 ih ; i F i HELEN WILLS’ SUPREMACY IS_ "THREATENED BY BRITISH GIRL ' ' Betty Nuthall Forces California | recting the field play of the Philadel- Sport | Slants ALAN j-Goutp Sometimes the first 66 years are | the hardest. Four years ago I sat with Connie Mack in the towered, neatly ordered office he occupies at Shibe park when not poised on the edge of the dugout, scorecard in hand, di- phia Athieties. “I thought this was to be our year, but ts seems that fate is against us,” said Connie, He looked old and wear His youthful team had “blown” a good lead; cracked in the stretch in the strain of a tight pennant race. Two years later, in 1927, I sat for an hour in the same office, listening to Connie label the Yankees as one of the greatest teams of all time in a | year in which Babe Ruth and com- ny made the American league race a runaway. | “But for bad breaks we might have | made it closer, but T do not think ours or any other club could have stopped the Yanks this season.” Shift the scenery to indicate the | lapse of two, more years. It’s August, [game in three. 'MOSE GROVE FAILS “TO WIN THIRD TIME WITHIN LAST WEEK Babe Ruth Smashes Out 499th and 500th Home Runs of Major Career CUBS WIN BOSTON BATTLES Christy: Mathewson’s Lifetime Win Record Surpassed by Alexander (By The Associated Press) The reported cracking of the Ath- letic pitching staff seems to be gath- ering confirmation in the west but. the crash will have to assume a much louder tone before it becomes audible to the Yankees across a chasm of ten and one-half games. ‘The leaders and their pursuers both broke even over the week-end as the Cubs picked up one and one-half games on the Buccaneers were dropping the odd The week-end League was notable chiefly for M Grove's third failure within a week to spear that elusive cighteenth vic- 500th home runs of his major league | career. CHING ST Pirates by winning twice while the! in the American | tory and for Babe Ruth's 499th and; of the Wills- | | Nuthall match the debate concerns | | whether Helen has slipped a bit, her | game perhaps a trifle stale after, her | campaign abroad this year, or whether | Earnshaw. Quinn, Orwoll and Coch- rane; Sorrell, Whitehill, Carroll and are ‘off us’.” Hargrave. R H £E| Washington ... oe St. Louis .... 9 Luque, Erhart and Gooch; Hub- 1929, and hot; hotter in Philadelphis |than most places. Connie removi | coat, collar, tie, and finally his shirt, | somewhat apologetically. His visitor perhaps would like to do the same. There is a gleam in the Old Mas- | ter’s eye that wasn't there four years ago, or two years ago. In his sixty- ft | Seventh year, Mack's step is springier, "| his kindly eyes twinkle. Soft-spoken, quict and courteous. i \ ‘This is THE year. You can see what ; it means to Connie in nearly every ' word and gesture. Too many disap- pointments, the caution of an old le STANDINGS | campaigner keep Connie somewhat | reserved. But it takes no scientist to tell that to this lean, lovable man of nearly three score and ten the Ameri- can league pennant that now seems certain to be his for 1929 means more than any of his past achievements. Does he consider the pennant won? | “Well, I'm proud of the way the | boys have gone along. We are in a|Saturday by 10 to 7 and the home| good position now. We have all the 19 | to win, but we don't take anything for | Mathewson’s life-time winning record | ferent kinds of seed will be planted was impressed with his hitting. He | “You know.” and Connie's grey eyes | ander held the Phillies to two nits } lin people think we have won already. They send me all kinds of gifts,” and Connie waved his hands at an assort- E ment. “I get letters from all over the 2 country, advising, warning, even 1 | threatening. A lot of them as much as tell me if we don’t win this year they What's the main reason for the A's big lead? “Well, good steady ball! But mostly 0 | confidence now. Once the boys found 0 they could beat the Yankees, and Blae- | beat them decisively, they hit their! | stride. We beat the champions in their own grounds and we beat them here. And when we won it was by good margins, while they just barely beat us when they did, like that 2-1 game , Jack Quinn lost to Waite Hoyt, due ; to two misjudged fly balls.” } Connie dwelt upon the little things that have meant improvement. great- ;ness in Grove, Earnshaw and Wal- berg, his pitching “big three”; in .686 | Simmons, Cochrane and “Foxxy,” as 606 Mack calls his sensational young first 558 | basemen. Yes, they are all great, but 505 the Old: Master deftly parries any 434 attempt to have him say they are any 419 | greater. if as great as the famous ma- 411 | chine he guided to four pennants and three world's championships from 1910 | to 1914, “With the old A’s it was speed and E! defense, though we also had good hitting. Now it's mainly hitting, and we have plenty of that, but we also have good pitching for de! ”. Pfeffer, Ferguson, McQuillan, Doyle R 4H £/jand McCurdy. Chicago . 3 6 1 joston. Ae | 8 1|_ First Game R H z Root and Taylor; R. Smith and Milwaukee . sores WM 8 1 Spohrer. Columbus < 9 9 2 —- Robertson, Cobb and McMenemy; R 4H £ Miller, Wysong and Shinault. Pittsburgh .. 3 6 9| Second Game: R H EB . 5 9 0 Milwaukee 4 9 2 Columbus |. 5 10 1 No others scheduled. Games Saturday Pittsburgh 6-3; Brooklyn 4-6. Cincinnati 7; New York 2. St. Louis 1-11; Philadelphia 7-9. Chicago 4; 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ‘Standings Won Lost Kansas City St. Paul .. ‘Minneapolis i Robertson, Cobb, and McMenemy; Miller, Wysong and Shinault. First Game: R H E St. Paul ..... qs 8 4 Indianapolis ... cane 9 1 aot and Fenner;. Jonnard and | Second Game: R H &E St. Paul .... 5 6 4 . Indianapolis 1 8 4 Harriss, Van -Atta and Hargrave; Love, Speece and Riddle. "| 4 to 2 Yankee victory | Ruth larruped his 449th on Satur- | day to put the finishing touch on a and pounded Willis Hudlin for his 500th in the second inning yesterday when the Indians eventually won by 6 to 5. | | Ruth's Sabbath drive placed him in a tie with Hack Wilson of the second place in the interleague home | behind Chuck Klein of the Phillies, jwho has 33. Grove seemed headed for his 18th victory on Saturday after a i since July 25 but finally had to give way to young Bill Shores just before day brought the A’s a 6 to 5 victory. Detroit trimmed the league leaders 9 to 8 in 11 innings yesterday. The Red Sox and the White Sox divided two games at Chicago over the week-end, the victors winning on | team by 6 to 3 yesterday. | Washington cleaned up two games over the Browns, winning by 4 to 2 The National League week-end was | of 372 games. Grover Cleveland Alex- ‘in the last four rounds of ; Victory as the 372d of his 19-year ca- | The Cubs won the hard - fought ; day and by 3 to 1 yesterday. rates the while were dividing a Sat- urday bargain with the Robins at | Ebbets field and absorbing a 5 to 3 tap on the chin yesterday. Red Lucas trimmed the Giants by |7 to 2 on Saturday, but no-hit Carl | Hubbell returned the compliment to the Red-legs on the Sabbath. The score was 6 to 1. Standings advantage this year. Last season we Won Lost Pet.| had to do the chasing and found the Philadelphia 78 31 716 strain too much when we finally |on Saturday and by 7 to 5 yesterday. 'New York .. 65 39 625; caught up with the Yankees. The club | ' Cleveland 560=~C«*SL 523 | is playing steady ball now and ought marked St. Louis . 56 52 ES) Detroit 52 55 486 granted. Washington 44 «GO 423, Chicago 43 65 ©3938 winked, “we kind of surprised ‘em Boston 32 13 305 Games Yesterday , We didn’t look so good and I talked ; R H _— E/ pessimistically. But I really felt this | reer. ; Boston 3 5 | was our year and I just wanted to, Chicago s 6 7 ®) prevent any chance of overconfidence | games in Boston, by 4 to 1 on Satur-/ S Ruffing and Berry; Thomas and | or the folks expecting too much of us.” ere. How do the “folks” feel now? R H E “Well, you know it’s something New York . 5 8 4 astonishing. They come to get auto- Cleveland 6 13 1 graphs and pictures every day. Some | ‘Mexican Church Head Is Baseball Devotee Mexico City, Aug. 12.—() — Arch- bishop Pascual Diaz, new head of the Catholic church in Mexico, has re- turned to his homeland from three years’ exile in the United States, as a missionary carrying the message of baseball. Archbishop Diaz, who was elevated from a bishop on his fifty-second birthday, June 21, recently confided to friends that while living in New York he never missed a metropolitan baseball game when his two favorite pitchers, whom he did not name, were scheduled to be in the box. Monsignor Diaz declared the game should have greater popularity in Mexico, and said he would do all he could to encourage the sport among the nation’s youth. nA ) In Fine Comeback jrun derby and left him only three | wait | Al Simmons’ second home run of the | The Pi-| ‘Banished for Life ‘From Gotham Ring Refusal to Meet Scott Contract Brings Edict From the Boxing Commish New York, Aug. 12.—(%)—It would appear that Max Schmeling’s fistic future is behind him so far as the |New York state athletic commission jand Madison Square Garden are con- cerned. Their licenses already revoked in {this state, Schmeling and his Amer- ican handlers seem destined to fecl the full weight of the commission's ldispleasure in the shape of a ruling |barring them from the state’s rings for life. A hint. of such drastic action was contained in a final statement, issued through James A. Farley, chairman of the commission, which declared “the state athletic commission and the boxing fans of the state of New York can get along without Schmel- ling and those who are handling his ‘interests not. only now but for all | time.” The statement, in effect, was a com- plete review of the controversy which has revolved about Schmeling’s head ever sincé the German heavyweight came to this country a little more than a year ago. given every consideration, Farley, in his statement, said: “The boxing commission in the state of New York is in a healthy condition and it would be a pity if the actions of one boxer and those ; who are apparently controlling his | ‘creating a situation which might have an effect on boxing which would not be so beneficial in so far as its) jfuture is concerned.” | Cubs and Mel Ott of the Giants for "Sclimeling. now on a barnstorming | ‘tour with Joe Jacobs, his American | manager, had declined to reply to the ‘commission's demand that he fulfill a contract. signed with Humbert i Fugazy by Arthur Buelow, his repudi- |ated manager. for a match with Phil {Scott. It was this refusal that led | first to his suspension. {English Experiment On Best Links Grass Bingley, England—(AP)—In an effort to find the most suitable grass {for golf courses, the recently formed {golf research board is experiment- ing on the St. Ives estate here. | “Hundreds of plots about 10 feet jsquare, like miniature putting lin each. Experts also are hoping to the |cover a suitable way to exterminate }ing. And they're bouncing off the jgreens. Declaring that Schmeling had been | interests, would be responsible for! MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1929 Has Built Three Teams Since | 1914, When He Broke Greatest Crew FOXX OUTSTANDING PLAYER Won't Consider Offer to Write | About His Experiences on Diamond By HENRY L. FARRELL Philadelphia, Aug. 12.— Patience and modesty are the outstanding vir- {tures of the venerable Connie Mack. Of course he has skill and plenty of baschall knowledge, but they are pro- fessional virtues. In 1914 he broke up one of the greatest teams of all times, a team which he said had become pennant rich and had lost the intentive to base on a questionable hit. old man said at one time. He tried to build a new team. First he went after young college boys to twhom he could teach his ways. The make the extra effort to get to first | “Tl build a new team,” the grand | when they leave the bat but they don't carry. Some outfielder is al- ways in front of them.” “Earnshaw is doing some good work for you this year, isn’t he?” we asked. Earnshaw Is Willing Worker “Indeed he is,” Mack replied. “He | is a very good pitcher. I thought from the time he reported he would jbe a winning pitcher as soon as he acquired control. We coached him and worked with him and he came {through this year. He is a strong fellow and a very willing worker. He pe pitch a full nine-inning game) and perhaps a very hard one and he| \ will be willing to go in and help the next day if the occasion arises.” Connie's Modesty ‘The modesty of the veteran leader is as impressive as his virtue of pa- tience. “Would you consider an offer to; write your experiences in baseball?” | we asked him. | lo, I never have done it,” he an- iswered. “And I never intend to do it. {I have had many offers but I have a principle against those sort of things. ‘The public is not interested in me. | “Nearly every person who writes his life and his experiences does it for |money. I don't need the money. I am not a wealthy man, but I never have held the accumulation of moncy as my ambition. |method failed. Not because of Con-/| nie, but because of the inaptitude of | his pupils. i ‘Then he went to the other extreme | and hired two old men, Ty Cobb and ‘Tris Speaker, in the hope that they would steady the young promising team he had assembled. The pres- ence of the two old stars, however, worked just the reverse. Dissension came instead of harmony. | Patience Rewards Him But after 15 years of waiting and after expending plenty of money don’t forget that—Connie Mack has a team that looks to be a cinch for the American League pennant. It took a long time, but the patient old fel- low never lost the hope that he could win some more pennants before he retires. Foxx on Bench Three Years | prospective champions is a kid, Jim- | my Foxx, and if Connie had not been (patient Jimmy Foxx might not be ! with the ball club. He sat around for ; three years on the bench just watch- ling and listening. \_ Foxx, at the time of writing, is lead- ‘ing the American League batters with {a mark of better than .400. | “Isn't Foxx hitting over his head?” | We asked Mack. |. “Indeed he is not,” he replied. “I | think the youngster will develop into jone of the greatest batters of all by the fall of the late Christy | greens, have been laid out and dif-!times. The first time I saw him, I ‘hits a ball that carries. His hits look like line drives but they keep carry: this ycar. They didn’t think much of | eleventh-inning second game on Sat-; worms and grubs, which spoil not |fence. As a contrast there is Sammy | us inthe spring training. I'll admit | urday, and got credit for the 11 to 9 only the golf but cricket and bowling | Hale. He hits the ball fuller than Foxx and they ring like a home run i Ler EVERY BIRD sing its own note. The thing we know best is cigarette taste—how to : blend and cross-blend, the standard Chesterfield method, to give you better taste, richer tobacco character, milder, fuller fragrance. And what we know best is the amokers want most: “TASTE above everything” ‘The outstanding ball player on the | “Furthermore, I am a busy man. ‘There is a certain physical and men- tal strain attached to the running of | @ ball club in a pennant race and I; am not a young man. I have other aa to do than to write about my- Cubs’ Old Record | Threatened by A’s, | May Equal Mark of Winning! 116 Victories With Per- | centage of .736 | i | New York, Aug. 12—(4)—Followers jof the Philadelphia Athletics, confi- dent now that Connie Mack again | will pilot a pennant-winner, are pull- jing for their favorite to beat the Cubs’ record of 1906. In that year the Cubs, under the i leadership of the late Frank Chance, won the National League pennant with 116 victories and 36 defeats for @ percentage of .763. The Athletics of 1929, up to Aug. 1, had traveled at a .735 pace, having @ record of 72 wins and 26 defeats. | If the Athletics are to equal the Cubs’ record they will have to win about three-fourths of their remain- ling games. Last season, the Yankees, with a lead of 13 games after mid-season, | vere in a fair way to equal the Cubs’ | | record, but a slump all but wiped out 1 AFF IS NOT AUDIBLE TO YANKEES ‘Schmeling May Be! CONNIE MACK’S PATIENCE AND. MODESTY REWARDED BY FATE, Argentine Giant's Clash With Heeney Leads Fight Cards Wallace-Grogan and Tenerios Payan Matches Feature Lightweight Bouts New York, Aug. 12—(%)—The com- ing week should go far toward deter- mining just what part Victorio Cam- polo, Argentine giant, is to play in the merry chase for a new heavy- weight champion. The six feet seven inch South American makes his second American appearance at Ebbets field Wednes< day night when he tackles Tom Hee- ney, the New Zealand heavyweight. The Ebbets field card also will in- clude ten rounders between Ted Sandwina and Phil Mercurio, and Angus Snyder and Jack Roper. All other Qew York arenas have cards of more @ less interest to the fight faithful. At Dexter Park to- night, Joe Sekyra, of Dayton, O., and George Larocco, of New York, will put on their much postponed ten- round heavyweight struggle. Arthur Dekuh is to face George Cook, Aus- tralian heavyweight, in a ten round- nig a Starlight park also set for to- ni 4 Al Singer, Bronx lightweight, heads the card at the Queensboro stadium tomorrow, meeting Gaston Charles, of Belgium, in a ten round match. Another leading heavyweight con- tender. George Godfrey, giant Leiper- ville, Pa., negro, keeps in shape with a ten round bout with Long Tom Hawkins, San Diego negro, at Los Angeles, Tuesday. Cleveland offers a crack lightweight: . Billy Wi of Stolen Pitching—Bush, Cubs, lost 1. American Batting—Foxx, Athletics, 386. Runs—Gehringer, Stolen bases—Gehringer, Tigers, 17. ; =o —Grove, Athletics, won 17, lost 2. A growing appetite for rabbit their lead and the Yankees were lucky to barely beat out the Athletics | for the pennant. one thing forced California to import 250 tons of the meat last year, although 3,000 tons were butchered within the state. ——_r- ©